5 months ago
I have tried nearly every task app, and none of them work. None of them beat the cheapest coiled notebook that I can draw in, doodle in, scribble down tasks, and map out ideas. None of them works; none is more productive than that $3.99 notebook. And I can buy two, three, or four of them in different colours for fractions of the monthly cost for AI and any app. The Notebook is forever unbeaten.
5 months ago
Five years ago, we went through a big event that changed the world, where everyone had to work from home. During that time, we got to peek into what everyone’s perfect work environment looks like, and if you looked closely, one thing became incredibly apparent. What works for you does not work for me, and vice versa. Through that, we got to see where people are most productive at what they do. And yes, work and productivity skyrocketed. And our response? Come back to the buildings we pay for, in a workspace that is no longer there but shared with
5 months ago
Last week, I had a lot of work to get done, so I did the unthinkable – I put myself into Do Not Disturb. I generally don’t like to do this because then I feel unavailable to my team and people asking me questions, but I had to do something. At first, it was very unnerving because all the noise around me went quiet. I literally shut the door to my office, threw away the key, and no one was getting in. And it was glorious. All the thinking and scribbling work that had to get done got done, big
5 months ago
Have you ever watched a show with subtitles? I have a hard time watching “dubbed” over shows, because the words never line up with the video, and my brain can’t unsee it when it happens. Plus, when you hear the original voices and then the dubbed ones, your brain also goes – “those original voices are so much better than these other ones, I like them better”. But then, to understand what is being said, if you don’t know the language, you need to turn the subtitles on. And what do the subtitles make you do? They make you read,
5 months ago
There it is, the truth, you will… always… miss… something. The goal is not to miss the big things, the things that matter most to you in life. It’s probably a combination of work and personal, as is the case with most everyone else. Missing a conference, missing a post, missing what someone else is doing. Doesn’t matter, you can’t see it all, and you need to stop trying to do. Zero in, focus on what you don’t want to miss, ignore the fluff, it’s just noise.
